President George W. Bush arrives at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., to deliver his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "Three years ago, the world had a preview of the disruption an influenza pandemic can cause, when a previously unknown virus called SARS appeared in rural China," said the President. "When an infected doctor carried the virus out of China, it spread to Vietnam and Singapore and Canada within a month. Before long, the SARS virus had spread to nearly 30 countries on six continents. It infected more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800." White House photo by Paul Morse